Pittsburgh Penguins forward Brock McGinn will be sidelined on a “week-to-week” basis due to an undisclosed injury.
McGinn appeared to injure his right hand or arm during the second period of Friday’s 5-2 home win against the Vegas Golden Knights at PPG Paints Arena. He did not record a shift beyond the 16 minute, 16 second mark of the middle frame.
Penguins coach Mike Sullivan announced McGinn’s status after the game and labeled his injury as “upper body.”
In a video posted on the team’s Twitter account, McGinn can be seen wearing a protective apparatus on his right hand or arm.
Primarily deployed on the team’s bottom-two lines and one of the squad’s top penalty-killers, McGinn has appeared in 56 games this season and scored 18 points (11 goals, seven assists) while averaging 15:02 of ice time per contest. On the penalty kill, McGinn has averaged 1:59 of short-handed ice time, second-most among the team’s forwards.
McGinn recorded a primary assist on forward Jeff Carter’s goal at 2:36 of the second period on Friday.
“(McGinn), he’s a tough guy to replace,” Sullivan said. “He just does so many of the little things so well. He makes us hard to play against. He brings physicality to our lineup, he blocks shots, he’s a good penalty-killer. He’s just a good hockey player. He plays on both sides of the puck. He helps us generate offense. He’s a real stingy player. … He’s a key guy for us. But we’ve been through this all year long. It’s going to provide opportunities for others. … We’ll see where it goes but guys are going to be given opportunities and we need to take advantage of that.”
